Garment-fastener.



H. HARRISQN.

GARMENT FASTENER. I

APPLICATION FILED JAN.18. 1909.

Patented Dec.28,1909.

UNIT 31) STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

, HENRY H. rmimrsonf or BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented 1993.28, 1909.

Application filed January 18, 1909. Serial No. 472,889.

To all whom it may concern:

it .known that l, HENRY H. Hanmsox. a-citizen ot-the United-States. residing in Bostoinyi/nthe county of Suffolk and Statev of Massachnsettsihave invented an Improve nient in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following description. in connection with the accompan-ting drawings, is a specificz-ition. like -letters on" the drawings representing like-parts. v The present invention relates-to a garment {fastener and is embodied in a' fastener of 35 Both portions of the fastener can be easily miade of sheet metal by a stamping process,

{it being. practicable to form each member iiby a single operation of a. suitable punch and Xlie. Each member has-van elongated base portion provided with threadopenings along the edges, the fastening part being raised above the base portion so as toleave 'a space etween the said portion and the material to which it is secured. The female member of "the. fastener is provided with a substantially circular opening with lateral recesses, while the male member is provided with a projectportion adapted to enterthecircularv opening, the said projecting member being 40 i end thereof and the base of themember' to enter the lateral recesses. and become en gagedlin the socket by ahalf turn of one membcriw-ith relation to the other. I

Figure is a side elevation of themale member of the fastener embodying the in- .vention; .Fig. 2- is a similar view of the female member-thereof; Figs. 3 and are plan views of the male and female members rc-' 5o spectively; Fig. 5 is a-plan view showing the members engaged; illldvli lg. 6 is a longitudinal section on line :0 of Fig. 5, a portion of the material to which the fastener is secured being also shown.

All of the drawings are on a verymuch enlarged scale,'1n order that the construcprovided with lateral extensions between the tion ofthe device may be clearly understood. the members a and 7) are vprovided respeczire own as-elongated sov as to indicate the pos ion in which the members are to be sewed along-the edge of the garment A. The fastening portions are atthe ends of the elongated base portion, 'so'tha't. the actual fastener itself will be as close as possible to the edge of'the garment.-

The member?) is provided with the opening b which is substantially.circular in shape and located in the middle of a cupped portion h the said openil'igl) havii'ig lateral extensions 71 toreceive the fastening members of the part a. The said part a is provided with a rounded projection a? arranged to extend into't-he opening b the said projection being formed at the middle of a cupped portion (l*-COlI'eS1)O11'Cll 11g to the ci-.1 )ped portion 72* of the member b. The said pro ectnig port1on'a s provided with lateral extensions 66 Wh1Cl1 are between the end ofthe projectiona and the portion a the space between said projection and the portion. afbeing sullicient to admit the'portion'b of the member I) when the two parts are fastened together. In fastening the two parts. it is obvious that the project-ion a will freely enter the opening 6 regardless of the relative positions of the two parts, and thereby center the two parts so that by merely turningone with relation to the other the right position for'the full insertion of the member a can be'found by feeling, so that the projections l a? will slip through the lateral openings 6, and on turning the members willengage the under surface of the portion Z1, thus holding the two members together, as shown in Figs.- 5 and G. v 1

Both members of the fastening device can be easily made bya .single operation of a.

suitable punch and die, the member 6, for example, having the opening I), b", punched is formed. In making the member a, a die can be employed su tably shaped to draw slots which separate the projections a trom the body of the material, and with suitable abutment-s to force the projections (4 thus tively with flat base portions a and I)? which outat the same time that the cupped portion llO out a short distance beyond the surface of "the cuppedjp'ortiona. 5 By forming the two members with the cupped portions a and 0*, recesses are formed to contain the threads, and, furthermore, the threads are protected from being cut or broken by the fastening portions of the device when the same is be" ing fastened or unfastened.

I claim.

1. The herein described fastening mem' ber constructed of a piece of sheetmetal "and having an elongated base portion by, which the fastener is positioned and secured to the edge of a garment, a raised cupped portion at one end of said base, and a central inte gral rounded projection formed at the middle of the cupped portion, the 'metal of the cupped portion and opposite sides of said rounded projection between the end thereof and the base of the member'being cut and bent outwardly above the cupped portion to form lateral wings extending from the sides of said projection between the end thereof. A garment fastener, comprising a fe- ;nale member having an elongated base.

and a cupped portion raised at one end of said base and having a substantially circular central opening with lateral extensions,

and a male member having an elongated base portion a raised cupped portion at one end of said base, and acentral integral rounded projection formed at the middle of the cupped portion, the metal of the clipped portion and oppositesides'of said rounded projection between the end thereof and the base of the member being out and bent outwardly abovethe cupped portion to form lateral wings projecting from the sides of said projection intermediate the end thereof and the base, the-projection beyond said wings adapted to enter the circular opening in the' female member to center said members. and said wings adapted to pass through the lateral extensions of said opening and" then by a turn interlock with the cupped portion of said female member, the said.

elongated base portions serving to position and ecure said members. upon agarment with their fastening members close to the edge thereof.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in' tlie presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY H. HARRISON.

Witnesses I M. E. Cow-:NEY. .T.\s. J. MALUNEY. 

